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Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that she has been invited by Paulina Wright Davis to the Second Decade Convention in Philadelphia, but she feels she cannot go. She alludes to the tensions between the Boston suffragists and the New York suffragists and feels that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would "do well to confine themselves to lecturing and holding independent conventions where they can be got up well - and...

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2 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about recent activities of family and friends. She briefly discusses articles in "The Nation" and "The Standard."

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Periodicals

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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5 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott expresses her desire to have all her loved ones around her for her remaining days. She mentions that she will be going to "the Children's Colored Home" and the "Aged Colored House."

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Swarthmore College

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott is going to the Second Decade Convention in New York (which was held to celebrate twenty years of the woman suffrage movement). She is very glad that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton will be there. Partially written over an undated letter from an unclear sender to an unclear recipient. Subjects: Women's rights; Women--Suffrage; Davis, Paulina W., 1813-1876; Anthony, Susan B. (Susan...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Partially written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about visiting with family. She talks about some periodicals, expressing distaste over "that hateful Nation mistaking Julia Ward Howe's Peace Meeting for the acts of our Convention." They have a circular out advertising an "anniversary" at the Women's Rights Assembly Building. Subjects: Personal correspondence; Periodicals; Women's rights Relevant locations:...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Thomas Burnett Pugh letter to Lucretia Mott; Lucretia Mott letter. Thomas Burnett Pugh (1829-1884) was an abolitionist, publisher and bookseller, and lecture manager. At the behest of Susan B. Anthony, Pugh requests that Lucretia Mott present Anthony to the audience at her lecture on December 12th. The reverse of the letter has a fragment of a Lucretia Mott letter of an unknown date to an unknown recipient in which she discusses her activities around the home and news about family...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter Martha Mott Lord; S. W. Hallowell letter to Lucretia Mott. Written from Roadside. Recipient inferred. Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott writes about preparing for Christmas and provides updates about several family members and friends. Isaac (possibly Hopper) and his friends performed a play to benefit the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Lucretia talks about giving gifts to those in need and says it is "not alms, but justice to the wronged."...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright . Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott talks about spending Christmas at the home of Martha and George Lord, including discussing Christmas dinner in detail. She complains about Edwin Godkin and The Nation but says she can't withdraw her subscription because Maria likes to read the literary reviews. She also mentions that "fine women in England are laboring against the Contagious Diseases Act." She discusses attending a Peace Conference in...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Elizabeth Morris Invitation. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about her recent activities and recent activities of family members and friends. Edward Davis is going with Robert Purvis to the Colored Convention in Washington and will then stay for the Women's Convention and assist Mrs. Hooker (Isabella Beecher Hooker). Partially written over a printed invitation from Elizabeth Morris to attend the general meeting of the women's...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives a report of a lecture given by Susan B. Anthony. She fears the upcoming Women's Convention in Washington will be a failure because Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony will not be there. She discusses periodicals including "The Nation," the "Standard," "The Revolution," and the "Woman's Journal." She mentions Swarthmore College and her inclination that "that institution promises success."...